My focus book for April is "The Secret Garden" a book that was one of my childhood favourites and one that implanted itself so firmly in...

Introduction Have you ever stumbled upon a novel that feels like a warm embrace, transporting you to another time and place with every...

Books have been cherished companions for centuries, offering us escape from our everyday life, as a source of knowledge, and as a...

Christmas Past: The Ghost of Christmas Past takes us on a journey back to our childhood Christmases and for me how I continued to create...

Am I a book lover or a book murderer? As a lifelong reader and book lover, I often feel torn between two groups, bibliophiles who...

All my life I’ve had a mind that periodically flits from thing to thing, stopping me from anything productive that takes longer than five...

If you follow me on Instagram (and if not, why not?), you may have read a recent post in which I described my life with chronic disease...

I must be honest I hadn't realised how long it was I actually posted a blog here. I knew I hadn't done one this year but not that it was...

If you follow my Instagram feed you might remember a post I made a few days ago on the theme of “wellness” and what it means to me. As...

This time last year I started the long process, (it took nearly 7 months) of applying for early retirement on ill-health grounds. It was...